bran Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) a comeback album can mean a couple thingsA.band split reformed and put out a killer albumB.key members left the band and then sometime later rejoined and made a killer albumC. a great band that made a lot of shit albums and then regained their formif you want to give a little description of the back history of the band or album you are choosing you canso here is my listcandlemass- candlemass: the classic lineup of candlemass had broken apart candlemass soldiered on in the 90s with leif edling being the only original member breaking up and reforming with different singers and members but in 2005 the classic lineup of marcolin/edling/johansson/bjorkman/lindh reformed and made a masterpiece album that was self titled, the reunion was short lived with marcolin but the rest of the classic lineup with robert lowe made killer albums after but nothing tops this albummercyful fate- in the shadows: in 1983 and 1984 mercyful fate released 2 landmark albums in melissa and dont break the oath that pioneered black metal. friction between king diamond and hank shermann lead to the band to break up with 3/5 members going to king diamonds solo album. in 1993 the classic lineup of diamond/shermann/denner/hansen released what could argueably be mercyful fates finest albumguns n roses- chinese democracy: we all know this story some love it or hate it i love it iron maiden- brave new world: when bruce and adrian smith left maiden steve harris continued on and made (in my opinion) a masterpiece of an album in the x factor but the follow up virtual XI was utter garbage minus 2 songs. bruce and adrian returned and made an amazing album in brave new world and the metal universe was realigned celtic frost- monotheist: celtic frost is a legendary black/doom/death/thrash band but they hit a snag with the god awful glam metalish cold lake. they then released the solid vanity/nemesis album and then nothing for 16 years. then in 2006 they release their best album yet just to split up again in 2008 Edited June 21, 2012 by bran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real McCoy Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 The Cult - Beyond Good & Evil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Black Gives Way To Blue by Alice In Chains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Brave New WorldAccident of BirthPainkillerVapor TrailsI actually liked the previous releases of all these groups, but that's the perception from an outsider, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrandyk Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth. Totally stands up with their other 6 from 28 years prior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lahey Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Californication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 AC/DC - Back In BlackLet's face it, nobody ever thought they could do an album THAT good after Bon died.Aerosmith - Permanent VacationWe all though Done With Mirrors would be the big comeback. With Joe being back and all. But it wasn't. Just made people lose all hope. Then this came out. I also kind of want to say: Rolling Stones - Steel WheelsIt pretty much pulled the Stones out of a near-dead state band-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real McCoy Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 AC/DC - Back In BlackLet's face it, nobody ever thought they could do an album THAT good after Bon died.Aerosmith - Permanent VacationWe all though Done With Mirrors would be the big comeback. With Joe being back and all. But it wasn't. Just made people lose all hope. Then this came out. I also kind of want to say: Rolling Stones - Steel WheelsIt pretty much pulled the Stones out of a near-dead state band-wise.Done With Mirrors is EXTREMELY underrated. Some great songs on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Echo and the Bunnymen - Evergreen. Amazing post punk band from the early 80's split in 87 after releasing four of the greatest records in existence and came back ten years later with an amazing new record. Seen them about six or seven times live and they've been amazing every time. They were the guys who did the "People are Strange" cover that plays over the opening credits of The Lost Boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 There's no such thing as a 'great' comeback album, you have your time, your allotted slot to be great in and you either do it or you make a nause of it, artists that subscribe to these sorts of concepts are at an immediate disadvantage. But no, there have been no great comebacks of popular music, it doesn't really work that way to be honest, you have a sell by date in popular music and once you've passed that you've had it effectively.You have your time to do your thing and make a mark...and when it's gone then it's gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 There's no such thing as a 'great' comeback album, you have your time, your allotted slot to be great in and you either do it or you make a nause of it, artists that subscribe to these sorts of concepts are at an immediate disadvantage. But no, there have been no great comebacks of popular music, it doesn't really work that way to be honest, you have a sell by date in popular music and once you've passed that you've had it effectively.You have your time to do your thing and make a mark...and when it's gone then it's gone.Nonsense, Aerosmith came back from the dead and were one of the biggest bands in the world again in the late 80's early 90's..........they had a successful second career which could be argued as more popular then the first.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 AC/DC - Back In BlackLet's face it, nobody ever thought they could do an album THAT good after Bon died.Aerosmith - Permanent VacationWe all though Done With Mirrors would be the big comeback. With Joe being back and all. But it wasn't. Just made people lose all hope. Then this came out. I also kind of want to say: Rolling Stones - Steel WheelsIt pretty much pulled the Stones out of a near-dead state band-wise.Done With Mirrors is EXTREMELY underrated. Some great songs on there.Agreed. But regardless it still wasn't Aerosmith's return to commercial success. Permanent Vacation was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 There's no such thing as a 'great' comeback album, you have your time, your allotted slot to be great in and you either do it or you make a nause of it, artists that subscribe to these sorts of concepts are at an immediate disadvantage. But no, there have been no great comebacks of popular music, it doesn't really work that way to be honest, you have a sell by date in popular music and once you've passed that you've had it effectively.You have your time to do your thing and make a mark...and when it's gone then it's gone.Nonsense, Aerosmith came back from the dead and were one of the biggest bands in the world again in the late 80's early 90's..........they had a successful second career which could be argued as more popular then the first....Financially successful, OK, i'll get with you on that but a taxidermised Elvis in a glass cabinet would also be financially successful too, other than that they just went out and played the same old type of shit they did before and essentially became a dilute parody of what they once were, which weren't all that to begin with. Nothing was achieved, no artistic zenith, no particular expansion on or improvement on their sound or the shit they played, i don't call that a successful comeback, i call that a fools paradise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Ever heard of Iron Maiden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth. Totally stands up with their other 6 from 28 years prior.+107 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Anthrax - Worship Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use Your Delusion 1 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) Aerosmiths comeback was epic, so was Iron Maiden's, although in each case I prefer their earlier stuff (especially with Maiden), PUMP is a great album though.EDIT: oh and Bruce Springsteen - The Rising was a comeback of sorts :krider: Edited June 21, 2012 by Use Your Delusion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Chinese Democracy...?Some good suggestions have been put forward - keep them coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) There's no such thing as a 'great' comeback album, you have your time, your allotted slot to be great in and you either do it or you make a nause of it, artists that subscribe to these sorts of concepts are at an immediate disadvantage. But no, there have been no great comebacks of popular music, it doesn't really work that way to be honest, you have a sell by date in popular music and once you've passed that you've had it effectively.You have your time to do your thing and make a mark...and when it's gone then it's gone.Nonsense, Aerosmith came back from the dead and were one of the biggest bands in the world again in the late 80's early 90's..........they had a successful second career which could be argued as more popular then the first....Financially successful, OK, i'll get with you on that but a taxidermised Elvis in a glass cabinet would also be financially successful too, other than that they just went out and played the same old type of shit they did before and essentially became a dilute parody of what they once were, which weren't all that to begin with. Nothing was achieved, no artistic zenith, no particular expansion on or improvement on their sound or the shit they played, i don't call that a successful comeback, i call that a fools paradise.Irrelevant mate as that is your opinion on what constitutes a successful comeback and that is not what this thread is about. It is about bands who given up for dead and had successful comeback albums not the artitistic content of said albums which is subjective. And actually Aerosmith did not continue to play the the same "shit" when they came back as they went more commercial with their sound........I could argue with you that there are many bands who came back after a number of years and put out excellent albums that never charted or were ignored by the public....One of my favorites, King Crimson, had many incarnations with only Robert Fripp being the constant and they put out many great albums which differed in style but they were basically a cult band which nver got radio play other than "Court of the Crimson King" from the first incarnation of the band......Back on topic I would also say the following bands had big second lives when people thought they were either dead or dying1. Fleetwood Mac- The original Peter Green Mac had a strong Cult following and the albums were hailed by critics. He left the band and it went through a large number of personnel changes before the Buckingham- Nicks era band became a huge hit and was much bigger then the original.2. Black Sabbath- there fan base was shrinking by the time Ozzy was sacked and many thought they were done but they came back stronger then ever with Ronnie James Dio....3. Genesis- They had a strong following when Peter Gabriel left in 1975 but they became bigger then ever with Phil Collins singing lead and all the commercal albums of the 80's4. Allman Brothers- some wrote them off after Duane Allman died but the post Duane "Eat a Peach" album was a hugely popular album and they actually broke big after Duane's death.....5. Yes- they had a big following during the classic Wakeman era albums Fragile/ Close to the Edge" but were a big hit with their more main stream poppy albums 90125 and Big Generator without Howe and Wakeman...........6. Deep Purple- They have had so many incarnations that it is hard to keep track but after Gillan/ Glover left the hugely popular MkII band in the 70's the MkIII band had good comeback album with "Burn" and again in 1985 they had a MkII reunion and a successful comeback album with "Perfect Stangers" 7. Crosby, Still, Nash and sometimes Young- Aftrer Neil Young Left CSN put out the CSN album which was very succesful and the 1999 CSNY album "Lokking Forward did pretty well for a reunion album Edited June 21, 2012 by classicrawker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 IMO,1- CD (GnR)2- Back in Black (AC/DC)3- All That You Can't Leave Behind (u2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Can we count Pink Floyd after Syd in this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Irrelevant mate as that is your opinion on what constitutes a successful comeback and that is not what this thread is about. It is about bands who given up for dead and had successful comeback albums not the artitistic content of said albums which is subjective.by the same rationale do you not think what constitutes success is subjective too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Universal_Sigh Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 There's no such thing as a 'great' comeback album, you have your time, your allotted slot to be great in and you either do it or you make a nause of it, artists that subscribe to these sorts of concepts are at an immediate disadvantage. But no, there have been no great comebacks of popular music, it doesn't really work that way to be honest, you have a sell by date in popular music and once you've passed that you've had it effectively.You have your time to do your thing and make a mark...and when it's gone then it's gone.Nonsense, Aerosmith came back from the dead and were one of the biggest bands in the world again in the late 80's early 90's..........they had a successful second career which could be argued as more popular then the first....Financially successful, OK, i'll get with you on that but a taxidermised Elvis in a glass cabinet would also be financially successful too, other than that they just went out and played the same old type of shit they did before and essentially became a dilute parody of what they once were, which weren't all that to begin with. Nothing was achieved, no artistic zenith, no particular expansion on or improvement on their sound or the shit they played, i don't call that a successful comeback, i call that a fools paradise.This is just wrong. It's not even worth arguing. You don't have an "allotted time slot to be great". People can disappear for years and come back better than ever. They can make record after record and suddenly get inspired and make great shit again for years. You're talking straight nonsense. Tom Waits - sappy drunk piano songs for OVER TEN YEARS. That's all he did. He had great songs, they were all in that sort of style. Then he randomly came out with Swordfishtrombones after getting inspired again. Damon Albarn - was in Blur for about TEN YEARS doing brit pop and the like, blur evolved over that time, then died. Then, he "came back" with the Gorillaz, totally different artistic expression.You're saying these examples don't exist. They do. Stop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn_It_Up Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth. Totally stands up with their other 6 from 28 years prior.+107+1007Still in awe of that record. Still hard to believe it even exists. Edited June 21, 2012 by Turn_It_Up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Irrelevant mate as that is your opinion on what constitutes a successful comeback and that is not what this thread is about. It is about bands who given up for dead and had successful comeback albums not the artitistic content of said albums which is subjective.by the same rationale do you not think what constitutes success is subjective too?Sure but the OP did not ask us to rate artistic merit only what ws the greatest comeback album........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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